The "Strike" Valkyrie is a minor variant to Shinnakasu Heavy Industry's highly successful FAST Pack augmentative space weapon system. Foregoing the standard loadout of two HMMP-02 micro-missile launcher pods, the "Strike" system replaces one of the micro-missile pods (typically starboard) with a Mauler RO-X2A high-powered double-action beam cannon mounted on the NP-BP-01 pod. It is unknown whether the Strike configuration can substitute both HMMP-02 micro-missile launchers for a pair of Mauler RO-X2A cannons. While a pair of beam cannons may be theoretically possible, such a variant has not been seen in active deployment.

Piloted by Roy Focker and Hikaru Ichijo, the "Strike" system was another highly successful variant, granting the VF-1 variable fighter more direct fire weaponry at the cost of a smaller missile payload. Though effective, the "Strike" Valkyrie was not as widely adopted by the U.N. Spacy as the more common "Super" Valkyrie system.

NOTE:B-Club Magazine #73 (December 1991) states the Mauler RO-X2A high-powered double-action beam cannon pod has a 180mm bore. This caliber figure is mentioned almost as an afterthought on page 8 of the "Super Aircraft" featurette written within that issue. This beam gun caliber has never been found in any other Macross publication, nor is it found in the Macross Chronicle (1st Edition or 2nd Edition). Nonetheless, the 180mm bore is noted here for curious fans.